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Organizational Readiness: Culturally Mediated Learning Through Disney Animation

Griffin, M.; Learmonth, M.; Piper, N.

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Authors

M. Learmonth

N. Piper



Abstract

This article develops the notion of organizational readiness, a construct that describes the anticipatory expectations about future organizational life that children develop as they imbibe the cultural influences to which they are exposed. We conduct our analyses through an exploration of the depictions of work in Disney's 56 'Classic' feature-length animations (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [1937] to Moana [2016]). We can, of course, make no direct cause and effect claims about the effects of the animations. However, we argue that Disney animations are likely to shape children's learning about organizations significantly. This is because the Disney animated canon regularly provides children with consistent and vivid impressions of the nature of working life; impressions that will have important implications for them, and the staff who teach them, when they eventually enter business schools as undergraduates.

Citation

Griffin, M., Learmonth, M., & Piper, N. (2018). Organizational Readiness: Culturally Mediated Learning Through Disney Animation. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 17(1), 4-23. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2016.0073

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 13, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 24, 2017
Publication Date Mar 1, 2018
Deposit Date Aug 17, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 24, 2018
Journal Academy of Management Learning and Education
Print ISSN 1537-260X
Electronic ISSN 1944-9585
Publisher Academy of Management
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 17
Issue 1
Pages 4-23
DOI https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2016.0073
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1349576

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